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Re: stylist
Yeah, having a tablet is a necessity when it comes to Zbrush. Majority of people use Wacom tablets. Entry level is around $100 and usually good enough for ppl starting to use tablets. Usually 1 tablet is good enough for 2 displays, since there is software to switch the tablet inbetween the two. As for actual modeling, it's… -
Re: M1A1 Carbine progress
i think you should try using a lot more support loops. there are a lot of hard plane changes with no support (like where the stock curls in around the cutout for the action) and it makes for a soupy model when subdivided. also it's usually a bad idea to use triangles around actual plane changes in an HP (they're fine on… -
Re: ratGPU : OpenCL raytracing renderer
Btw, you can perform hybrid rendering to use both CPU and GPU. Just check in the devices you want to use. Usually, with a slow GPU it's better to enable both GPU+CPU. With a fast GPU it's usually better to enable only the GPU because the CPU will be much slower and it will only slowdown the process. I've heard that… -
Re: which app produces the best ambient occlusion bakes?
Quality for render time I used to really like vray dirt. I make sure all my projections are being done in the same application (usually xnormal now) so everything lines up so I usually end up either baking xnormal AO or zbrush ao as vertex colors. Zbrush ao is cleaner, faster, and renders the small details well. -
Re: Fred's Response
hi in the forum i usually hang out, voter choice matter, however, the real winner always will be judged by the big percentage of judge points then rest of percentages are added by the voters. I think thats fair enough. the judges usually several experienced artists on the field. regardless how small the challenge is. we… -
Re: Heads up:: Lenovo Laptop/Tablet users
They do usually on Lenovo's and Gateway's (if they still exist), but to refresh a windows install and use your original license you need to contact Microsoft to deactivate its current usage and then get a transfer ID/New Key. Once that is handled, you can reinstall using the new key once the old is deactivated. That being… -
Re: My Photoshop Actions
You're welcome! The resize action will half-size your document using a percentage scale. Upscaling by an additional 50% would be a 150% scale, not 50%. To answer your question, upscaling is often a bad idea (fractal scaling plugins can help if you desperately need to do it, though). It's often advisable to work in at least… -
Re: Overlapping UV's Question/Explanation Please
Well purple (or dark blue or dark red as well for that matter) means there are overlapping UVs and as Eric said, if you're gonna bake stuff or if the uv-set will be used for lightmaps then it's usually not ok. Other than that it really doesn't matter except you need to remember that the texture will be mirrored on the… -
Re: ODST
Hehe, ok sorry about the smoothing accusation. Dont know if this helps but when I was sculpting we would use foam to make our hard surfaces, armor, weapons, etc. We'd usually cut the shape out with the band saw and sand it from there. If we tried doing a hard surface though clay it usually ended up looking...well...not… -
Re: Cruch Time
It happens at my company about once every 4 months or so. Usually it's a few 10-14 hour days for a small stretch, or maybe a bit of Saturday work. Not fun, but not terrible. The bosses are usually cool, and buy us lunches/dinners during this time. After it is done, the generally let us shave some hours, or give us surprise…
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